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MineralMan

(147,677 posts)
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:05 PM May 2016

Let's abolish primary elections altogether.

Especially for selecting presidential nominees. Instead, we'll tally social media posts and discussion forum polls, add in online polling, and nominate the person with the most buzz and highest numbers on those venues.

It's the 21st century after all. Primary elections are, like, obsolete and take way too much of people's precious time. Twitter, FB, YouTube and Reddit are real. Voting is for geezers.

Feel the Nerd!

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Let's abolish primary elections altogether. (Original Post) MineralMan May 2016 OP
Let's abolish elections altogether KingFlorez May 2016 #1
or pick the person who holds the biggest rallies? woolldog May 2016 #2
How about we clean house and get rid of all these corrupt party hacks??? reformist2 May 2016 #3
Since the parties are picking who they want anyway... scscholar May 2016 #4
Oh yeah, the GOP is just pissing themselves with happiness about tRump. CLEARLY Maru Kitteh May 2016 #19
We could go back to the old smoke-filled-room method The Velveteen Ocelot May 2016 #5
Smoking is bad for people's health. MineralMan May 2016 #6
The D in DNC stands for Democratic; she should be supporting the Democrat. Lil Missy May 2016 #9
Yes, lets let DU Consensus determine future Presidents and Major Policy decisions. Lil Missy May 2016 #7
Well, DU is too small a sample. MineralMan May 2016 #10
I'm With Her Donors pmorlan1 May 2016 #8
Let's exclude millionaires and billionaires from holding office aspirant May 2016 #11
Hey, we could just have a lottery. MineralMan May 2016 #13
The millionaires and billionaires would buy up too many tickets aspirant May 2016 #17
One $2 ticket per person. MineralMan May 2016 #18
The 7-11 coffee-cup poll might be useful too. NurseJackie May 2016 #12
Sure...average that in, too. MineralMan May 2016 #14
We will also factor in how much birds like the prospectives on Good Fridays. Maru Kitteh May 2016 #15
Hmm...perhaps. MineralMan May 2016 #16
You're getting kinda creepy pmorlan1 May 2016 #20
It's Saturday evening during silly season. MineralMan May 2016 #21

KingFlorez

(12,689 posts)
1. Let's abolish elections altogether
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:07 PM
May 2016

Lockdown Washington and install Bernie Sanders as President for Life.

 

scscholar

(2,902 posts)
4. Since the parties are picking who they want anyway...
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:09 PM
May 2016

the result is the same, and there's a lot less stress.

Maru Kitteh

(29,160 posts)
19. Oh yeah, the GOP is just pissing themselves with happiness about tRump. CLEARLY
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:40 PM
May 2016


And I know it sucks for you - but DEMOCRATIC VOTERS voted for Hillary and that's how she won. Sorry. This isn't like your T-ball team where everyone gets to be "the Champions" just for showing up and screaming from the bench.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(121,119 posts)
5. We could go back to the old smoke-filled-room method
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:13 PM
May 2016

where party hacks picked the nominees - kind of like DWS has been doing with the DNC.

Lil Missy

(17,865 posts)
9. The D in DNC stands for Democratic; she should be supporting the Democrat.
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:18 PM
May 2016

She is doing her job. It is not necessary that non-Democrats approve of her.

Lil Missy

(17,865 posts)
7. Yes, lets let DU Consensus determine future Presidents and Major Policy decisions.
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:16 PM
May 2016

After all, we have so many highly educated political and policy experts here that can tap away their pearls of wisdom at the keyboard. Not to mention the experts in World History and Foreign Affairs.

MineralMan

(147,677 posts)
10. Well, DU is too small a sample.
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:21 PM
May 2016

We need to count other things, like Facebook likes, YouTube views, sub-reddits and online polls after debates. Things like that that truly measure public opinion of people who are all engaged and stuff. You know, real-world datums and things.

Time to move into the honest, true digital age and like that.

pmorlan1

(2,096 posts)
8. I'm With Her Donors
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:17 PM
May 2016

Why don't we just let the big corporate donor's pick them. Whoever gets the most cash wins.

I'm With HER donors

aspirant

(3,533 posts)
11. Let's exclude millionaires and billionaires from holding office
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:23 PM
May 2016

because of conflicts of interest and pick from the 90-99% pool

MineralMan

(147,677 posts)
13. Hey, we could just have a lottery.
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:28 PM
May 2016

Buy just one $2 ticket, you know, to show you're serious. Then on the first Tuesday in November the winner would be drawn and would become President. Anyone could win, no matter who he or she was.

Simple, clean and fair, right?

aspirant

(3,533 posts)
17. The millionaires and billionaires would buy up too many tickets
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:37 PM
May 2016

If we excluded them we could get rid of most of the Senate, a lot of the House and the Bloombergs, Trumpies, Bushes, Clinton's and others. What a refreshing breeze.

Maru Kitteh

(29,160 posts)
15. We will also factor in how much birds like the prospectives on Good Fridays.
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:31 PM
May 2016

That's VERY important! It's a sign from the universe, totally.

MineralMan

(147,677 posts)
16. Hmm...perhaps.
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:33 PM
May 2016

Or, you could put the candidates naked in a fee-range chicken enclosure and count peck marks.

pmorlan1

(2,096 posts)
20. You're getting kinda creepy
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:51 PM
May 2016

Mineral Man...last time you were posting about Bernie with his hand in the wrong place and now you're posting about candidates being naked in chicken enclosures ? Have you got a thing for farm animals?

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